Immigration Is Good Essay

• Immigration has been good for America. We are a melting pot bred from the best people from countries all over the world had and have to offer. People who are willing to leave everything they know to make a better life for themselves. That takes a lot of guts and sacrifice. I have a lot of respect for immigrants, you can learn a lot from them. They see our country a lot differently than people who were born here like me, we tend to take things for granted and expect good fortune to land in our laps. Most immigrants know better. It will save the Social Security System from going bankrupt. The more workers we have paying into the SSS, it will add to the SSS fund. The way it is right now, there are more people drawing on SSS than people contributing to it. So, the more immigrants, the more contributors to the SSS. Immigration brings in new blood, new ideas, …show more content…
beat the U.S. born workers. A greater number of immigrants start up businesses compared to native born Americans; their start up pace is estimated to be 40% greater. Other report findings included that immigrants had a lower probability of ending up in prison and committing crimes. It was not surprising that the CEA report found that more workers yield greater output as this would be expected in the United States as with many other nations. Immigrants play a role in the country’s macroeconomic growth and their taxes help increase public budgets. The study found that on average, immigrants and their offspring contribute nearly $80,000 more tax revenue compared to natives. This will help offset the problem that will arise with the nation’s Social Security system but it will not take care of the problem entirely. Due to the large number of “Baby Boomers” retiring in the near future, the number of retirees will outnumber the number of contributors. The Medicare program has also seen an increase in enrollees and will also benefit from more tax revenue coming